by Michael Mamas | Wednesday, December 23, 2015 | Spirituality |
When it comes right down to it, thoughts and even emotions matter little. How you feel deep inside about things is what really matters. Unfortunately, we can easily tie ourselves up in knots with our thoughts and agitated emotions. Deeper inside things are more clear, fine, and simple. Thoughts and emotions are like choppy waves on the surface of the ocean. The finer feelings are in the depth, unaffected by the waves.
Getting caught up in whether or not there was a virgin birth or contradictory beliefs of different denominations can be like choppy waves on the ocean surface. Feeling the deeper meaning of Christmas is what matters. I believe we can all agree that what Christ represents is wonderful, beautiful, exquisite, and the essence of Christmas. And that is something we can all celebrate. At least during this time of year, let’s all keep our attention on that. The nature of our feelings feed our soul. We just posted a SlideShare slideshow called “Christmas is a Feeling” that I think everyone will enjoy. My wife, Tanja, did the pictures and they are really wonderful.
Enjoy and have a very merry Christmas!
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by Michael Mamas | Sunday, December 20, 2015 | Spirituality |
The laws of karma create a predetermined universe.
The laws of karma are God’s will.
The depth of your Being is free from, transcends, the laws of karma.
As you evolve you attain more and more free will.
As you evolve, your free will becomes one with God’s will, i.e. natural law, dharma.
Free will and predetermination are the same thing.
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by Michael Mamas | Thursday, December 17, 2015 | Announcements, Personal Growth, Social Media, Spirituality |
I am really excited to offer pages from Look Deeper Live Better on Google+ free of charge. In the future, I would like to also add quotes from The Dharma Sutras. When I first heard someone described those books as poetry, I was taken aback, having never considered myself a poet. Enjoy!
View the Google+ Collection.
Learn more about the book, Look Deeper Live Better.
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by Michael Mamas | Tuesday, December 8, 2015 | Spirituality |
Transcendant
Atman
individual
family
community
society
city
state
nation
continent
hemisphere
world
galaxy
universe
Transcendant
All are concentric circles around the One.
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by Michael Mamas | Thursday, November 26, 2015 | Announcements, Spirituality |
View my latest slideshow, “The Wonder of Thanksgiving“, on SlideShare.
Also, read my Medium.com article, How to Have a More Meaningful Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
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by Michael Mamas | Tuesday, November 24, 2015 | Spirituality |
Question:
Is “the backdrop” the same as the unmanifest?
My Response:
I was wondering if anyone would have that question. It is a beautiful question. The simple answer is ‘yes’.
Or we could say it is that deep, finest feeling level within. The delineation is so fine, like the distinction between Atman and Buddhi. Yet in those sweet tender moments when first fully awoken to, what the ‘backdrop’ is cannot be described so analytically.
The feelings it invokes are so exquisite… awe, wonder, fascination, adoration. The backdrop is pure consciousness, only to be described as God’s consciousness… the eternal omnipresent witness of all that is. No opinion, no comment, yet full and all knowing.
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by Michael Mamas | Sunday, November 22, 2015 | Spirituality |
It is said that Knowledge is contained in the gap. Knowledge in a book is not contained in the letters. The knowledge is held on the page, the backdrop of the letters. Knowledge of the world is contained in the backdrop, only perceptible to those who can see it. The secret doctrines remain secret to those who read them, less they can see the backdrop.
As Bruce Lee said,
“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.”
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by Michael Mamas | Friday, November 6, 2015 | Spirituality |
On the news this morning, they did a little piece about Billy Graham. He is from the Asheville area and so his influence here is seen around town. It’s really fascinating to see excerpts of his sermons. He talks about God and heaven, being forgiven of your sins, being saved, and all those sorts of things. It’s all beautifully heartfelt and touching. He was obviously coming from a very deep place inside his soul. I’m sure that everybody senses that same place within themselves. Yet different people relate to it differently, to the point where everybody has their own unique relationship with it.
With the knowledge that I’ve given to people reading these blogs, I think it is easy to see what Billy Graham was getting at, what he was trying to say. I think it’s also easy to see how having an understanding of the nature and structure of existence from a rather scientific or rational perspective provides a deeper insight into what that is really all about. It also provides insight into how, without that scientific or rational understanding, the Knowledge easily becomes obscured.
Spiritual growth is about clarification, not just intellectually, not just emotionally, but also viscerally, physiologically, and directly experientially. Every religion has its foundation, that deep sense within all beings. It is often referred to as one’s sense of divinity within.
It is my purpose to provide people, regardless of their religion, with ever increasing levels of clarity in their understanding of this very nature of life and existence.
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by Michael Mamas | Wednesday, November 4, 2015 | Announcements, Spirituality |
In case you missed it, my new Vedic Knowledge Blog was recently launched on DrMichaelMamas.com.
This blog will help bring the reader to a level of understanding that few are willing to take the time to comprehend. Comments on blog posts are welcome.
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- Ask Vedic knowledge related questions
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by Michael Mamas | Tuesday, November 3, 2015 | Personal Growth, Spirituality |
Someone sent the following rather cynical quote to me:
“Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.”
I do not know how accurate those percentages are. However, I do believe that of the people that actually do think, only one in a thousand actually discern. Combine that with the fact that Adi Shankara said that the spiritual path is the path of discernment and the state of humanity becomes clear.
Discernment is not only the path, but also the goal… integration of all levels and aspects of your being… integration of thoughts and emotions with what lies deeper.
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